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Tip (Bottom) of the Continent

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March 26th 2013
Geo: -33.916, 18.4222Our next day was again bright and sunny, with temperatures in the 70's. We set out fairly early to make the drive down the peninsula south of Cape Town, leading to the Cape of Good Hope. While Cape Town is on the west, Atlantic Ocean side of the continent, we drove around Table Mountain and over to the Indian Ocean side of the peninsula, along which a coastal highway lea ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more